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122Final Cut Pro User Guide
6. If you want to further customize settings for your project, click Use Custom Settings.
Note: Final Cut Pro shows the automatic settings by default, but it retains the settings
you used last, so this step may be unnecessary.
7. If you want to make any changes to the project’s video or audio properties, use the
pop-up menus in the custom settings view.
8. Click OK.
The new project appears in the browser with the name you gave it in step 4.
You can now add clips from the browser and begin to edit your project in other ways,
adding titles, special effects, background music, sound effects, and more.
You can change a project’s properties at any time. See Modify a project’s settings in
Final Cut Pro.
Open and close projects in Final Cut Pro
Open a project
1. In the Libraries sidebar in Final Cut Pro, select the event containing the project you want
to open.
2. Locate the project you want to open and double-click it.
Note: You may have to scroll up to the top of the event to see the project.
The project appears in the timeline.
Close a project
In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
• Choose File > Close [project].
• Click the down arrow at the top of the timeline, then choose Close [project].
Close all projects in the timeline history
During the course of an editing session, you might open multiple projects and switch
between them using the arrow buttons at the top of the timeline. Or you might navigate
compound clip levels using the arrow buttons. You can close all projects in the timeline
history other than the currently visible one.
In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
• Choose File > Close Other Timelines.
• Click the down arrow at the top of the timeline, then choose Close Other Timelines.